Cities

Creating Community
Coronavirus: we’re in a real-time laboratory of a more sustainable urban future

This article is a fascinating look at how we have responded to the coronavirus with common sense actions which could eventually build more sustainable cities. Dementia care partners, this is for you. See "Ten ideas to improve cities" - the final discussion on this page. It concludes with "#10 - [...]

Susan Troyer2021-05-10T10:46:08-05:00May 4th, 2021|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Cities, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Future, In depth, Insights series, Interdisciplinarity, Urban|0 Comments

Creating Community
How the rich reacted to the bubonic plague has eerie similarities to today’s pandemic

"Humans, Boccaccio seems to be saying, can think of themselves as upstanding and moral – but unawares, they may show indifference to others. We see this in the 10 storytellers themselves: They make a pact to live virtuously in their well-appointed retreats. Yet while they pamper themselves, they indulge in [...]

Susan Troyer2020-12-27T10:17:26-06:00December 27th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Black Death, Cities, Coronavirus, Inequality, Italy, Literature, Plague, Poor, Wealth|0 Comments

Cities

Creating CommunityCoronavirus: we’re in a real-time laboratory of a more sustainable urban future

Creating CommunityHow the rich reacted to the bubonic plague has eerie similarities to today’s pandemic

Creating Community
Coronavirus: we’re in a real-time laboratory of a more sustainable urban future

Creating Community
How the rich reacted to the bubonic plague has eerie similarities to today’s pandemic